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[Andrew T.]

I have a question:

How much is an eleven-month-old Apple iBook G4 notebook computer with a 12" screen, 1.07 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and with Mac OS X 10.3 and Microsoft Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition installed worth?

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[Antony]

I have a question:

How much is an eleven-month-old Apple iBook G4 notebook computer with a 12" screen, 1.07 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and with Mac OS X 10.3 and Microsoft Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition installed worth?

Err, this is a bit tricky.
If you had AppleCare Protection, it would be easier to sell. But you can still sell it now (so the buyer can buy additional protection before the end of the first year.)

A method to get quick estimate is to take the price of current model, and if yours is one model before current one, multiple the current price by 70% or 80%. But you might want to use current academic price for calculation.

Hope this helps.

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[Don_HH2K]

On eBay, similarly-equipped iBooks from decent-ranked buyers are currently going for around $900-$950USD. You need to take into consideration, though, that your laptop doesn't boot up anymore, unless you fixed that problem you were having.

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[Antony]

On eBay, similarly-equipped iBooks from decent-ranked buyers are currently going for around $900-$950USD. You need to take into consideration, though, that your laptop doesn't boot up anymore, unless you fixed that problem you were having.

Andrew's laptop does not boot up anymore? Then he should get it fixed under warranty first.

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[Andrew T.]

Andrew's laptop does not boot up anymore? Then he should get it fixed under warranty first.

I assure that it has been fixed and works properly now.

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[Mandrake]

$900? On the Apple store one can buy a brand new iBook for $1000 with better specifications than the one Andrew is trying to sell. I'd say between $650 -> $750 USD.

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[Antony]

If you want to get rid of it, try to get rid of it as early as possible, so you can get more money. Preferably, before the new model comes out.

It is sad to know that iBook does not suit your need, and I hope you can get a PC replacement that suits your need.

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[Andrew T.]

How could I wipe all personal information off of it?

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[Antony]

How could I wipe all personal information off of it?

simply format the harddisk.
OR just re-install Mac OS X, and select something like clean install.

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[Antony]

How could I wipe all personal information off of it?

Just one more thing, before you wipe off all your data, remember to de-authorise your iTunes account from your computer, if you have.

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[DJGM]

Any personal or sensitive data you want to get rid off in Mac OS X 10.3.x, drag it to the trash
like any other surplus files, then Select "Secure Empty Trash" from the main Finder menu.

You'll then be prompted with a dialog box to confirm your actions, after which, the entire
contents of the Trash will be completely, irreversibly, permanently and securely deleted.



(You don't get a feature like that in Windows without the use of 3rd party software!)

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[Antony]

Any personal or sensitive data you want to get rid off in Mac OS X 10.3.x, drag it to the trash like any other surplus files, then Select "Secure Empty Trash" from the main Finder menu.

You'll then be prompted with a dialog box to confirm your actions, after which, the entire contents of the Trash will be completely, irreversibly, permanently and securely deleted.

DJGM has a good point. I would like to add my two cents about this... it would take quite a while for this deleting task to complete.

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[DJGM]

Any personal or sensitive data you want to get rid off in Mac OS X 10.3.x, drag it to the Trash
like any other surplus files, then Select "Secure Empty Trash" from the main Finder menu.

You'll then be prompted with a dialog box to confirm your actions, after which, the entire
contents of the Trash will be completely, irreversibly, permanently and securely deleted.

DJGM has a good point. I would like to add my two cents about this.
It would take quite a while for this deleting task to complete.

That is true. It's simply because the surplus data is being completely overwritten several times by blank data.
IIRC, the process is known as "zeroing" the data. Depending on how much surplus data you're getting rid
of, and taking into consideration the speed of the CPU, and the amount of RAM installed, at this point,
you might want to consider popping into the kitchen, putting the kettle on, and making yourself
a brew, while the system is busy getting rid of all that data you no longer want!

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